make pro leagues for each region, pro leagues lead to masters
lets take emea pro league for example
there will be 16 teams
8 are partner orgs
8 come trough open qualifier
that way riot satisfies their fetish with franchising and we still have fluid competition where u dont have to be part of a shit org in order to make it big
I am calling it from now, competitive Valorant will die if Riot goes full franchise. Part of what gives soul to an esports is that everyone can make a team and qualify to big events if they are good enough. Franchising takes that away, completely kills the soul of competition by turning the scene from a place that values hard team work and coordonation to a place where the pro scene will be full of baiters that farm their stats into being noticed by an org. Full franchising is not the way and mark my words when i say that if riot goes trough with this Valorant will die.